Tuesday, April 6, 2004

SOLLOG

This morning, I stepped onto one of the 48 elevators that serve the sixfloors on our side of the office complex. Each elevator has an LCD screen in it,provided by the Captivate Network. The name itself is their way of saying, "Haha, there IS NO ESCAPE from our factoid blasts!" I suppose there could’ve beenworse names for this – the In Prism System or the We’re Not Opening The ElevatorDoor Until You Stare At This List Of Today’s Celebrity Birthdays Network.

And this is the point I’m getting to. When your entire purpose in life is toblurp up pointless factoids to people who have little choice but to see them for40 seconds, at least make some effort to get these celebri-bits correct. Today,I looked up and was informed that today’s birthdays include:

52 – Marilu Henner, member of ABBA

I was pretty sure that Marilu Henner was too busy in Taxi to have toured with the 70s super-pop group, so I googled up "Marilu Henner Abba." She wasn’t in ABBA. She wasn’t even in "Mamma Mia," the fabulous Broadway play. The closest thing to a connection was that they both appeared on Midnight Special at some point in the 1970s.

Confused, I wrote to our friends at the Captivate Network. Surprisingly enough, they replied to me in 12 minutes.

Hello Joshua,

Thank you for catching that and notifying us of the error. There was an Abba member on the birthday screen yesterday, and the description wasn't updated as it should have been. We're correcting the error on the network.

Thanks again,

Christine DankoSenior EditorCaptivate Network

So bravo, Captivate Network! But my Tuesday Email Fun was just beginning. On Saturday (4/3), we got mail from a PR agency that represents Sollog, who is apparently some guy in a room in Baltimore who makes predictions about the future. This mail said:

We are less than 48 hours from when the GREAT QUAKE of 04.04.04 will occur.Sollog warned on 11/11/03 that April 4th 2004 would be THE DATE OF THE GREAT QUAKE

Note the dates on the mail, okay? The Great Quake of 04-04-04. Not the Average Quake of 04-05-04. The GREAT QUAKE OF 04-04-04. This should be pretty easy to prove true or false, I thought, reveling in my non-believer’s misunderstanding of Sollog’s true gift.

April 3 passed. April 4 passed. I forgot all about the grave warnings of a quake. Then on April 6, I got a triumphal warning. The subject was “MAJOR QUAKE STRIKES WHEN SOLLOG WARNED.” The press release continued:

You received a QUAKE WARNING the other day through this Press ReleaseService

The quake struck in NE Afghanistan at 4:24:04 PM EST on 04/05/04

The TRIPLE FOUR appeared in the time of the quake using EST

The quake struck on THE FULL MOON of April 2004

Both of THESE FACTS where in the famous 1111 PROPHECY of Sollog that wasissued to usenet last year about the details of this quake

FACTS ABOUT THIS QUAKE

It was the first 6.5+ quake anywhere in the world since 2/21/04

The time had the TRIPLE FOUR in it using EST (all of Sollog's quake warnings use EST)

Okay, that’s mildly interesting. But then I looked back to the first QUAKE WARNING and it clearly stated that the quake was going to occur on 04/04/04. I did not know that all of Sollog’s warnings just happened to use Eastern Standard Time, but it would make sense because the world is controlled through a storefront in Jersey City. However, I felt it was important to warn Sollog that his original warning was not exactly accurate. (Leaving behind the fact that quakes are about as common as thunderstorms.) That’s right – couldn’t leave well enough alone. Pokedthe rattler. Picked the scab. Made eye contact with the deranged wino. I wrote back a simple note:

This is incorrect. The warning that was issued was that the quake would strike on 04/04/04 - I have the press release. It did not. You're changing the terms of the prophecy after the fact.

The Voice of Sollog got back to me less than two hours later with a strongly worded correction. (It actually qualified as a “screed” because of ITS EXTENSIVE USE of CAPITALS to show that THIS WAS THE truTH.) The point was that Sollog was better than SCIENTISTS because HE was only ONE DAY off. And ALSO, he GETS PREDICTIONS WRONG on PURPOSE. Or SOMETHING.

2. The prophecy states TRIPLE FOUR and FULL MOON of April 2004 are the KEY

3. The quake struck 1 day from the TRIPLE FOUR date of 04/04/04 on THE FULL MOON and at a time when the triple four was present

4. Sollog is known to use a few SIMPLE CODES in his prophecies that his fans have discussed all over the net, he INTENTIONALLY issues dates usually ONE DAY OFF and he puts KEY INFO in his prophecies in CAPITAL LETTERS. That being said, the prophecy was exactly as many of his past prophecies have been ONE DAY OFF from the date clearly given and the capital words FULL MOON gave the exact date which was 04/05/04

Now if you think being ONE DAY OFF (16 hours actually) is no big deal,SCIENTISTS CAN'T DO IT

If you think Sollog isn't KNOW TO USE ONE DAY OFF EXACT DATES I can give you links to hundreds of posts where his many fans discuss THIS KNOWFACTIf you think the fact that the quake struck at 04:24:04 PM EST is not bigdeal, the exact time had THE TRIPLE FOUR in it, and it's a fact all theSollog quake warnings usually state an exact time and date using EST

Anyway, if you want links to verify these facts, I can supply them, or youcan stop by the Sollog forum where thousands of people visit everyday andyou can ask his many fans in the forum ARE THESE KNOWN SOLLOG CODES, there are many discussing these FACTS now at http://www.theparanormal.net/forum

That forum is ranked in the top 50K at Alexa

The reason is simple SOLLOG HITS EXACT INFO ABOUT QUAKES ALL THE TIME

Do you deny his Xmas 2003 Prophecy stated MANY TO DIE IN QUAKE?

Here's a TIME STAMPED prophecy about the Xmas 2003 quake that killed 50K in Bam Iran, the prophecy was released 9 days before it hit